Safety-seal for bottles



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

A. L. ELDER. SAFETY SEAL TOR BOTTLES.

' Patented May 3, 1898.

UNITED STATES1 PATENT OFFICE.

AMY L. ELDER, OF ASPEN, COLORADO.

SAFETY-SEAL FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent No. 603,559, dated May 3, 1898.

Application filed May 28, 1897. Serial No. 638,604. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, AMY L. ELDER, of Aspen, in the county of Pitkin and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Seals for Bottles and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to non-refillable bottles and its object is to provide an impro ved form of bottle which shall plainly indicate that the same has been tampered with after the contents have been placed therein.

My invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a cross-section through the upper part of a bottle, showing my device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a section on the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing the device as it appears when rst inserted. Fig. lshows the seal applied thereto. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the bottle when properly sealed. Fig. 6 is a modified form of the device in which a sealing-strip passing over the top of the bottle is used. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one form of my sealingpin. Fig. 8 is a similar View of a modification thereof, and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of my seal before application.

The numeral 1 indicates the body of a bottle, which is provided with a neck 2. The neck is provided with an enlarged portion 3. A breaking-groove 4 is formed immediately beneath the enlarged portion. Seats 5 and 6 are formed diametrically opposite each other, the center of said seats being on a line with the breaking-groove or near it. An opening 7 is formed in each one of said seats. A pin 8, provided with a suitable ornamented or embossed head 9,is adapted to extend through said openings. This pin may be split at the end thereof, as indicated at 10, or may consist of two separate portions, as shown at Il. A seal l2 is provided with an opening 13 in the middle thereof. The seal 12 consists of two nearly circular portions of soft metal adapted to fold one upon the other.

In operation my bottle is Iilled with any desired contents, and a cork of the ordinary form In the modified form of my device astri p of i metal 14 is formed upon the head of the seali ing-pin. A This is adapted to extend over the top of the bottle, as shown. A hole 15 is provided therein, which is adapted to register with the hole through which the sealing-pin passes. In applying this form of device the only difference is that the sealing-strip that extends over the top must be also passed over the sealing-pin when the same has been passed through the neck of the bottle.

In order to remove the contents of the bottle, it is necessary to either disturb the seal or break the neck of the bottle in the usual manner. In any event the evidencethat the bottle had been tampered with would be plain and it would be impossible to open the bottle without occasioning so much loss of time as to render the purpose for which the bottle was opened of no avail.

It is obvious that many minor changes may be made in the form of my device without departing from the principles herein described. I do not therefore desire to confine myself to the exact form herein shown and described, but wish to include all such as properly come within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my device, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with a neck having two diametricallydisposed openings therein, with seats surrounding the same, of a wire adapted to pass through said openings, and having one end formed of separable parts adapted to be upset, and a seal to receive and cover the upset parts of said wire, substantially as described.

2. In a non-relillable bottle, the combination with a neck having diametrically-disposed openings therethrough, of a flange formed around the said neck, a frangible portion formed below said lian ge, seats surround IOO ing said openings, a headed split pin adapted to pass through said openings, and means for securing said pin in said openings, substantially as described.

3. In a non-reiillable bottle, the combination with a neck having diametrically-disposed openings therethrough, of a flange formed around said neck, a frangible portion formed below said ange, seats surrounding said openings, a headed split pin adapted to pass through said openings, and a soft-metal seal adapted to secure the split end of said pin, substantially as described.

4. In a non-reiillable bottle, the combina- ILion with a neck havin gtWo diametrically-disposed openings therethrough and a breakinggroove therearound, of a iiange formed above AMIv L. ELDER.

Witnesses:

E. W. YOUNG, ABE MECKLENBURG. 

